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Show nal Lis. 2 Of theHiftory of Plants. 692 i I cbs th in , the Winter ; but the root remaithere Bawmefloureth in June, Iuly,and Augutt :iewi forth frefh leaues and ftalkes, + Lr ee Of thie Hittory éf | P Lath Marrubinin VV hite Horehound. 2 Marrubium candidam, Snowwhite tlorehound bringeth neth, which in the beginningofthe Spring they doe perifh whenthey The other forts do likewife flourifhin lune,luly, and Auguft; but feed. haueperfedted their The Names. q , Meli([a, Apiaftrum, and CiBawmeis called in Gteeke. maseteenn : by Pliny, cmelitis >in Latine Dutch, Confille De grepns in French , Poucytraga : of fome, Meli(fophyllon, and cMeliphyllon : in Spanith, Torong?!: in Englith, Balme, or rade, ou Meliffe : in Italian, Cedronella, and WArantiata : in f Bawme. The Temperature. the fecond degree,as Auicen faith : Galen faith itislike in hotanddry Bawmeis oftemperature Horehoundin facultie. qq The Vertues. UA coe XS Ne ci \iGges he WHANYS? ‘ wi Gee comfortsthe heart,and ‘Bawmedrunke in wine is good againft the bitings of venomous beafts, A driueth away all melancholy and fadneffe. of the mother,cither being &Common Bawmeis good for women which have the ftrangling B ten or fmelled vnto. oyle, vnguent, or Balme, fot Theiuyce thereofglueth together greene wounds, beingput into C. efficacie. ofgreater that purpofe, and makethit the purpofes aforefaid(I meane Theherbe ftamped, and infufed in 4qua vite, may be vféd vnto D all the difeafes beforefpo- the liquour and not the herbe) andisa moft cordiall liquour againft kenof. E F G H caufeth the Beesto keep rogether, The hiues of Bees being rubbed with the leaues of Bawme, and caufeth others to comevnto them. Balmetobe fingular good Thelater age,together with the Arabiansand Mauritanians,a firme in his booke written Awicen for thereof; infirmities the againft remedie a for the heart, and to be heatt merry and ioyfull,and ftrengof the infirmities ofthe heart,teacheth that Bawme makesthe , theneththevital] {pirits. Serapioaffirmeth itto becomfortable for a moift and cold ftomacke, to ftir vp concottion, © ‘ open the ftopping of the braine, and to driue away forrow and care of the minde. Diofcorides wxiteth, That the leaues drunke with wine, or applied outwardly, ate good againtt tooth-acke,the the ftingings ofvenomousbeafts, and the bitings ofmad dogs: alfo it helpeth the take breath v1likewife goodfor thofe that canot mouth being wathed with the decodtion,andis leffe they hold their necks vpright. The leaues being mixedwithfale (faich the fame Author) helpeth the Kings Euil,oraly other K hard fwellings and kernels, and mitigateth the paine ofthe Gout. vp greene wounds thatare cut ; Smiths Bawme or Carpenters Bawmeis moft fingular to heale withiron gl@curcth the rupture in fhorttime; it ftayeth the whites. Diofcorides and Pliny have attributed Tike vertues vnto this kinde of Bawme, which they call Iron-wort. The Jeaues(#Y perill ofinflammation. Pliny faith that itiso! they) beingapplied, clofe vp wounds withoutany to his fword that hath giuen the wound, it ftancheth the Cent vertue, that thoughit be buttied oud. Cuar. 230. ee Of Horebound. @ The Defcription, i - highy¢ Vi J Hite Horehoundbringethforth very many ftalkes foure fquare, a cubit ee at uered ouer with a thin whitith downinefle : whereupon are placed by oid = Ledd and 2 106 ws : di ine diftance leaues fomewhat round, wrinklenleaues whitith s, thicke cettaine Cn onthe edges, and couered ouer with the like downineffe ; from the bofomesofwhic! f harlesvo , : wha fein: round ofa in floures ftalke {mall forth t purplith colour, fet round about the a > : ong, fauots OM 4 z turne into fharpe prickly h ot eae zrtE mare hot ee :the = stele ccnaprea int?“ewwiltTs divided ces, a1" he fecond kinde of Horehound hathfund ry crooked flender ftalkes, 2 et 4 ate¥ leauesthe Theabout a white hoarinefle or cottony downe. — es coueredouer with indented pate ~ aaltges , longer and narrower than the precedent,lightly ply pointed like the Turky Bawme, and of the famebigneffe, hauing {mall wharles ‘our 3 Marrubivm Hifpanicum. Spanifh Horehounds 4. Marrubinm Creticum ; Candy Horehound; : |